Jerry Seinfeld thinks he shares many of the markers that are often used to diagnose people as autistic.
The 60-year-old comedian said as much during an interview with NBC's Brian Williams about his sitcom Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which is coming into its fifth season.
"I think, on a very drawn out scale, I think I'm on the spectrum," Seinfeld of autism, a developmental disorder that affects the brain's development of social and communication skills.
"What are the markers?" Williams asked.
"You know, never paying attention to the right things," he said. "Basic social engagement is really a struggle. I'm very literal. When people talk to me and they use expressions, sometimes I don't know what they're saying."
But the comedian doesn't think of the disorder as a disability.
"I don't see it as dysfunctional," he explained. "I just think of it as an alternate mindset."
Seinfeld has been starring in the web series {i:Comedians in} Cars Getting Coffee since 2011 and often does stand up comedy in New York City.
Source: UPI
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